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| Full name | Graeme Thomas Brewer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1958-12-01)1 December 1958 (age 66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tamarana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Graeme Thomas Brewer (born 1 December 1958) is an Australian former freestyleswimmer of the late 1970s and early 1980s who won a bronze medal in the200-metre freestyle at the1980 Summer Olympics. In all he won 13 Australian titles.[1]
A native ofNew South Wales, Brewer attendedSydney Boys High School, graduating in 1976.[2] He first gained attention in thesurf lifesaving world when he won consecutiveAustralian junior ironman championships in 1976 and 1977, competing for theTamarama club from Sydney's eastern suburbs. Switching to competition in the pool, Brewer gained prominence at Canada's1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, winning a silver medal in the 200-metre freestyle and one of each colour in the three relays.
In Moscow, Brewer claimed a bronze medal behind theSoviet Union pair ofSergey Kopliakov andAndrei Krylov. He came eighth in the100-metre freestyle and seventh in the4x200-metre freestyle relay along withMark Tonelli,Mark Kerry andNeil Brooks. He narrowly missed the final of the 400-metre freestyle.
Brewer was best known for being a member of the so-called "Mean Machine" competing at the1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, when he combined withNeil Brooks,Greg Fasala andMichael Delany to claim gold in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay, gaining their nickname after collectively shaving their heads for the race. He also won a gold in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay. He competed at the1984 Summer Olympics in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, coming fourth.[3]
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